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Postcard swap for January 2021

January 3, 2021 By //  by Margarete Miller 9 Comments

It’s a new year, and we are starting our artswaps with a postcard swap. The theme is  Planes, trains, and automobiles I chose this theme because we’ve all been stuck at home, waiting for this pandemic to subside. We’ve been anxious to get outside, to move freely, and for some of us, we’ve been waiting …

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Some amazing zines

November 30, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 10 Comments

The last swap of the year is over and I have mailed out some amazing zines to 56 participants!  My dining room table turns into organized chaos when I start swapping. It’s super important to keep envelopes and contents very organized so I don’t make any mistakes with giving someone too many or not enough. …

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A Challenge I worked on for World Collage Day

June 2, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 1 Comment

A mail art letter invitation

Did you know that world collage day is celebrated on May 9? I didn’t know either. It took a neat letter from my friend Jennifer to inform me of this. For something creative to do, she invited me to create a small collage, using the materials she sent me in her letter. She also included …

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From Masterboard to Minibook Swap – now open!

May 11, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 16 Comments

The world around us has drastically changed in the last few months, and our spring swap is an opportunity to call out the positive experiences of this time. The project is to create a minibook from a masterboard, with collaging on the front, and a short statement of discovery on the back. The written directions …

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Learning from example

February 7, 2020 By //  by Margarete Miller 6 Comments

I’m a firm believer in learning from example. I totally love the idea of copying a style or technique until you learn from it, and your own style emerges. Since we are in the middle of the current postcard swap on “home”, I had been looking for some inspiration to get me motivated for creating …

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Filed Under: collage art, mail art, postcard swap, Uncategorized, vintage ephemera

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